14 days

Oh my gosh, I'm so ready to stop thinking about wedding planning...I was telling my mom how I probably think about all these detail things much more than I actually need to.  She said that probably every wedding-planning bride does.  It was sort of an epiphany for me when I realized it though.

Yes, today I finalized my plans with three of my biggest best friends/worst enemies:  the caterer, the florist, and the rental company.  Ahhhh!  (That's a victorious sigh of relief)  It is taking my mind some time to adjust to not thinking about them anymore after thinking so very many thoughts about them for sooo looong...

Tomorrow is my last real Saturday in Boone!!  That is sad-mainly because of the good friends that go along with Boone.  And because of those big beautiful mountains that have been faithfully watching over me the past few years.  Gosh, they sure have seen a lot.  Heck of a lot. 

17 days

Ever since getting engaged, I wondered what it would feel like a month before the wedding, or 2 weeks before the wedding, or a week before.  It still seemed like it would feel different being that close, but I mean... it's not that different. 

It feels like Stuart and I are much closer of friends.

It feels like the wedding is all I can think about now...

But I still feel like the same me in many ways.  I have grown and learned a lot since this time last year, but I'm still... me.  So, there's the answer to some of my questions from the past.  If anyone else has ever wondered that, now you know!  You don't turn into a princess or anything.  My body still isn't perfect(can you believe it?!), and I still get in bad moods.  My hair feels kind of dried out, I have a few zits, still get dark circles under my eyes.  Haha!  I guess that's a good thing!  If Stuart is still going to marry me when I have not yet reached a state of fairy-tale perfection then he must really like me.  And it is nice to be liked despite your imperfections.  It's fun to see that I love him more as I get to see his imperfections revealed.  To love an imperfect person and to be loved in your imperfections- that is perfectly lovely!

A secret...

Everyone in my family  is older than they look.

Some wouldn't want me to disclose this little fact.  

I was shopping for earrings to wear with my wedding dress, and the ladies in the store declared that I look too young to get married.  I told them I was 24.  They could have stopped there and been OK, but to my amusement, they continued in saying that I looked like I was 16 and Stephanie looked 12!  What?!?!

And my mom is just smiling all along, loving it.